Embracing Watercolour Accidents and Mistakes | Loose Atmospheric Landscape | A Tree in Sunset Light

Accidents in watercolour happen - and I believe they are our best teachers. I had a different idea for the composition in this scene but I had to pivot early in the painting process and I ended up loving the results. You can see how it all unfolded in this video. Materials used: PAPER: Baohong Master’s Choice 100% cotton 300gsm cold press paper, 18x26 cm (7 x 10 in) PAINTS: Raw Sienna Light (Daniel Smith) Aussie Red Gold (Daniel Smith) Naples Yellow (Daniel Smith) Undersea Green (Daniel Smith) Perylene Green (Daniel Smith) Indigo (Art Spectrum) Potter’s Pink (Schmincke) Quinacridone Sienna (Daniel Smith) Burnt Sienna (Winsor&Newton) Burnt Umber (Daniel Smith) Sepia (Daniel Smith) Lavender (Daniel Smith) White Gouache (Winsor&Newton) BRUSHES: NEEF Thomas W Schaller Mop Sizes 2; 3/0 DaVinci Casaneo Flat 5898 Size 8 Da Vinci Casaneo Long Mop 490 Sizes 2; 0 Black Silver by Dynasty Rigger Size 4 Princeton Sele